Redefining Health Podcast | Intuitive eating, body image, health without dieting

In this episode we talk with Katelyn Parsons, Certified Holistic Health Coach. In our conversation, Katelyn shares her powerful story of overcoming years of bulimia, the binge-restrict cycle, and orthorexia to develop a positive relationship with food and her body. We delve into the topic of binge eating - what it is, how it's different than overeating, and how to overcome it. We also discuss the power of self-care in healing your relationship with food and your body, and practically how to get back in touch with yourself and your body.

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• Website: www.katelynparsons.com
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/katelyn.parsons/
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Rachel Helfferich, RDN behind Everglow Nutrition, joins us for a conversation about body image, body respect, and changing our mindset. In our conversation we address the real challenge of cultivating positive body image including comparison and negative self-talk, yet how to tackle each of those challenges.

Tune in to Learn:

• How to have hope for healing your relationship with food and your body, even when it’s tough
• What is body respect and why it’s important in healing your relationship with food
• How to be more gentle with ourselves and our body
• How gratitude can help you foster body respect
• How to shift negative self-talk
• How to overcome the comparison trap with body image
• The power of affirmations and how to use them in daily life
• How to establish a daily gratitude and affirmation practice
• Using beginner’s mind to start out with intuitive eating

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• Website: https://everglownutrition.com/ 
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everglownutrition/
• What Kind of Exercise Are You Quiz

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• Website: https://victoria-yates.com/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nondiet_rn/
• Victoria's Beautycounter: https://www.beautycounter.com/victoriayates?goto=/ 
• The Nourish Lab: https://www.nourishlabsite.com/

Connect with Katherine:

• Website: https://www.katherineherbison.com/
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Have you ever felt that you "should" be a runner or found yourself hating exercise? Here's the thing, exercise can be life-giving and joyful!

To find out how, we interviewed author and personal trainer Kasey Shuler about how to find joy in fitness. In this episode, Kasey lays the framework of what fitness is (hint: it's a lot more than burning calories) and why consider joy in fitness. She also gives practical tips and helpful tools that you can apply to your life.

Tune in to learn:

• Why fitness is more than just burning calories
• What’s wrong with the “exercise more and eat less” approach
• Why consider joy with movement
• How to find joy in movement
• 5 types of exercisers and how to identify who you are
• How to make exercise a fun and natural part of life
• How to stick to a routine with exercise while listening to your body
• How to set fitness goals that are intuitive

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• Website: https://www.kaseybshuler.com/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kaseybshuler/
• What Kind of Exercise Are You Quiz

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• Website: https://victoria-yates.com/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nondiet_rn/
• Victoria's Beautycounter: https://www.beautycounter.com/victoriayates?goto=/ 
• The Nourish Lab: https://www.nourishlabsite.com/

Connect with Katherine:

• Website: https://www.katherineherbison.com/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/katherine.herbison/
• Katherine's Beautycounter: https://www.beautycounter.com/katherineherbison?goto=/ 

"Food is fuel" or "Food is medicine"

We've heard these phrases everywhere in the wellness world, but are they true? In this episode, we share a conversation with Functional Medicine Doctor, Alexandra MacKillop where we unpack this mindset and discus how it can actually be more harmful to your health. We also talk about healthism, clean eating, processed food, how an obsession with health can lead to increased cortisol, and the intersection of functional medicine and intuitive eating.

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• https://www.instagram.com/alexandracmackillop/
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In this episode Katherine and Victoria go in depth about food fears and willpower. They share how they overcame their own food fears, what's at the root of food fears, how environment and culture play a role in food fears both positively and negatively, and how to break free from food fears.

They also talk about willpower - why we feel like we need willpower to be healthy and why that's not true. They share why everyone can have freedom with food and eat intuitively even if they feel like they have to live with food rules. This episode is packed with wisdom and practical tips for trusting your body.

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• Website: https://victoria-yates.com/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nondiet_rn/
• Victoria's Beautycounter: https://www.beautycounter.com/victoriayates?goto=/ 
• The Nourish Lab: https://www.nourishlabsite.com/

Connect with Katherine:

• Website: https://www.katherineherbison.com/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/katherine.herbison/
• Katherine's Beautycounter: https://www.beautycounter.com/katherineherbison?goto=/ 

Is sugar bad? How do you eat intuitively with diabetes? Should I control my blood sugar if I don't have diabetes? We're answering all those questions and more in this episode with CEDRD-S and Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor, Holly Paulsen. In this episode we discuss:

• Common nutrition myths
• The basics of nutrition and why the basics are more important than the minutia
• The truth about calories
• How you can eat intuitively with diabetes
• What actually impacts our overall health
• The truth about sugar
• Sugar and diabetes
• Debunking blood sugar management messages for those without diabetes
• Encouragement for finding peace with food with diabetes

Connect with Holly: https://www.hollypaulsenrd.com/

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In this episode, we talk with Gina Mateer, CEDRD-S and owner of the virtual private practice Nom-Nomaste, LLC. With her experience in working with eating disorders and her RYT 200 and 200 hr meditation training, Gina shares how to let go of diet culture and society's standards and connect (or reconnect) with your body in a beautiful and approachable way! For anyone wanting to implement meditation but is intimidated by it, this episode is for you!

In this episode we talk about:

• How to discover your desires and actually pursue them
• Navigating pregnancy and motherhood in a healthy way despite the impact diet culture in that phase of life
• What is meditation?
• How to practically implement meditation into your daily life
• How meditation can help with healing from disordered eating and eating disorders

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Welcome to the first Q&A episode! In this episode, we answer the following questions:

1. How do you guys balance all the roles you hold?
2. How to measure health outside of conventional and inaccurate standards like weight and BMI?
3. How does faith play a role in your relationship with food & body image?
4. How do I nurture my body while trying to get pregnant without getting caught up in diet culture especially around pregnancy/fertility?

Connect with Victoria:

• Website: https://victoria-yates.com/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nondiet_rn/
• Victoria's Beautycounter: https://www.beautycounter.com/victoriayates?goto=/ 

Connect with Katherine:

• Website: https://www.katherineherbison.com/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/katherine.herbison/
• Katherine's Beautycounter: https://www.beautycounter.com/katherineherbison?goto=/ 

In this episode, we welcome Natalie Nowak, Registered Dietitian and Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor. Natalie has a passion for women in the teens and early 20's, helping them find peace with food and show their bodies appreciation, and that's exactly what we talk about in this episode. We talk about how young women can build confidence in who they are as well as get in touch with what makes them unique and beautiful. We also talk about how to cope with that natural body changes that all women go through, and how gratitude plays a role. This conversation is incredibly relatable and practical!

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In this episode, we welcome Kathleen Bishop, Licensed Clinical Social Worker who uses her training as a Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor and the Health At Every Size® principles in working with clients who have a history of disordered eating and body image problems. She is also trained as a Relapse Prevention Specialist and has experience treating Substance Use Disorders.

In this conversation, we talk about the nexus between eating disorders and substance use disorder, fatphobia and how to sit through the uncomfortable feelings that come with healing.

In this episode we talk about:

• How EMDR can help with body image healing
• What fatphobia is and how to break free from it
• Is food addiction real?
• The difference between an unhealthy relationship with food and unhealthy relationship with alcohol.
• Drunkorexia
• How trauma can play a role in substance use disorder and eating disorders
• The importance of community in healing
• Accepting a changing body

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• Katherine's Beautycounter